A very good day to all of you from the Tom Brokaw News Center in los angeles. Welcome to alex witt reports. Breaking news to share. Police are closing in on a gunman suspected of killing at least three people in two separate shootings in false township just north of philadelphia. Police say he got away in a vehicle. He carjacked the vehicle at gunpoint. Lets go to nbcs George Celisse in the area. He joins us on the phone. Lets talk about what we know about the suspect and the victims. What is the timeline here . Reporter good afternoon alex. Of fluid and developing scene. What we are hearing from police sources, is the suspect is currently tracked to home in winds, new jersey. And neck area he has ties to it appears that s. W. A. T. And the police to permanent on the scene. L back it up for how we ended up here. To false township police, just before 9 00 this morning they were dispatched to a home. It is roughly an hour away from philadelphia. Be determined and verified the shooting su
hello and thanks so much for joining us. i m ana cabrera in new york. it is 10:00 eastern. this morning president biden is overseas for a high stakes summit in japan. it s a delicate balancing act for the president touting the u.s. as an economic power house to the allies while simultaneously working to stop the u.s. from teetering on the brink of default. back in washington, the president s team is furiously negotiating with congressional republicans. now just two weeks left until our country runs out of money. plus, tiktok going viral, but not in montana. the state becoming the first in the u.s. to ban the popular social media app, but will it actually work? so now we re just going to start banning tiktok on a state by state basis, huh? speaking from my own page in montana here, i am going to keep posting. we ll have a live report coming up on the legal fight over the ban and on the other states that may follow suit. and new reporting this morning about how s
greetings everyone. you are watching symone. this week marks one year since russia launched its brutal assault on ukraine. no end in sight. we are digging into the future of america s support of ukraine. biden prepares to travel to the region and now u.s. officials say china might be considering lethal support of russia s war effort. nikki haley has joined the former president trump and the republican primary for president in 2024. it is shaping up to be crowded, where her former boss is the man who beat. does nikki haley have a chance? we are asking one of her former staffers. plus, in our living black history series, my conversation with brian stevenson, a true champion for justice. he has helped free more than 130 wrongly convicted people from death row and he has not done yet. i am symone sanders johnson and i have something to say. nearly one year ago vladimir putin was saying if russia were to invade ukraine, his troops would take kyiv in 48 hours. of course, putin di
and driving hands free around the streets of london, we take a look at the driverless car that may be a gamechanger. let s now get down to business. let s start in the us, where it looks like interest rates will be headed higher and higher. speaking to a senate committee the chair of the federal reserve, jerome powell warned more action might be needed to stabilise prices and tame inflation. many analysts had been expecting another quarter percent rise when the fed meets later this month, but now some are predicting an ever bigger increase. investors didn t like the news, as you can see it sent us financial markets tumbling. the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 all saw a sell off after powell s comments. our north america business correspondent samira hussain reports from new york. last year, the federal reserve raised interest rates at the fastest rate since the 1980s and it seemed to have helped inflation a little but the labour market remains resilient. the lastjob through sport sh
reporter: you don t have to get lost in the desert to get the brain benefits experts suggest changing your usual route, turning off the gps on routine trips, and getting lost on purpose for the challenge of finding your way. for kathy, who has a family history of dementia, her good old map and compass could be the key to keeping her brain sharp dr. john torrez, nbc news, cade creek, arizona good for her. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, surf, sand, and seaweed? we ll tell you about an enormous and frankly kind of scary looking blob that s threatening to ruin spring break on south florida beaches. school officials in los angeles scrambling to prevent a three-day strike, which would shut down school for hundreds of thousands of students. straight ahead, where those talks stand right now. the clock is ticking for tiktok the biden administration threatening a ban unless the owners give in to pres